More from Philip Stanhope

  1. Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
  2. It is commonly said, and more particularly by Lord Shaftesbury, that ridicule is the best test of truth.
  3. Dispatch is the soul of business.
  4. Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
  5. Style is the dress of thoughts.
  6. An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.
  7. Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
  8. I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

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